There are some generals of non-military background in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, who have been doing political work for a long time, and rarely find front-line command operations, such as Wang Ping.
Speaking of Wang Ping, who was born in the Red Third Army, he was not called this name in the past, because he had the same name as the representative of the Comintern, and with the help of Zhang Aiping, he changed it to Wang Ping, and asked Chairman Mao to nominate him personally.
During the Agrarian Revolution, he served as the director of the regimental political department, the regimental political commissar, and the political commissar of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was transferred to Jinchaji to open up a base area, and he was earlier than Mr. Nie to the Jinchaji enemy line, and he was the old qualification of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.
During the War of Liberation, he did not serve in the field army, but continued to serve as the political commissar of the second-level military region, leading local troops to provide logistical support for the main force of the front.
He commanded troops to attack the city and seize land slightly, but in 1948 he was the leader of the siege.
At that time, it was an isolated city, and the enemy had 17,000 regular troops and local security forces, Yu Zhenhe was in charge, the regular division commander was Tian Shangzhi, and the local area was in charge of Meng Xiangzhi.
In terms of the comparison of troops, our army does not have an advantage in fighting Datong, the enemy's city defense is strong, and there are many cultural monuments in Datong, if a war starts, it will cause great damage, and the higher authorities demand that they be surrounded but not attacked. How can the enemy be dismantled? The political offensive was carried out, and through various means, propaganda leaflets were put up, and the enemy was shouted at the enemy, and the enemy in the city was panicked, causing the officers and soldiers at the bottom to talk a lot. Through various channels, the troops penetrated into the enemy's key sectors and collected military, political, and economic intelligence.
Yu Zhenhe, Tian Shangzhi, and Meng Xiangzhi each had their own calculations, and militarily Yu Zhenhe and Tian Shangzhi had little hope of defending to the death, and in order to test the truth, they sent troops out of the city, and more than 800 people were annihilated, making them even less hopeful of defending Datong, and began to inquire about ways to negotiate. Meng Xiangzhi was Yan Xishan's agent and resisted stubbornly.
Datong was besieged, the troops of the North China Military Region liberated other surrounding areas, and with the start of the Pingjin Campaign, Fu Zuoyi's troops were also defeated, and Dong Qiwu of Suiyuan wanted to revolt peacefully.
With the strengthening and concentration of the forces of our army, it can be completely solved militarily. However, it is still hoped that it will be carried out in the form of a peaceful uprising, and if the enemy does not revolt or surrender, it will have to rely on a political offensive, and it is only a matter of time before Datong is liberated.
At this time, the enemy camp was also panicked, and there were more and more deserters and defectors, so Tian Shangzhi sent people to contact us. At that time, although Wang Ping was the person in charge of the front line, the Jirecha Military Region and the Beiyue Military Region were merged into the Chahar Military Region, and Wang Ping served as the commander.
When the two sides formally met, Wang Ping said to them: If you want to make a peaceful uprising, it is too late, and now it is not a question of an uprising, but a question of disarming all of them, and listening to Hou adapt, whether you should lay down your arms and settle it peacefully, or use force, it is up to you to choose. If you fight, you can go, and you will see you on the battlefield.
The enemy was suppressed by Wang Ping's momentum, and he didn't dare to say anything, saying that he would let Yu Zhenhe negotiate. Later, Yu Zhenhe and others agreed to lay down their arms and accept the reorganization of our army. After a long period of hardship, Datong was liberated.
Wang Ping was good at political and local work, and during the war years, he did not directly command combat troops to fight like other generals, and focused more on local construction. When Datong was liberated, Luo Ronghuan wanted to transfer him to Siye to serve as the political commissar of the Corps, but he was left behind by Mr. Nie, because although there was no big war in North China, there was still a lot of work to be done, and he was unwilling to let go of this cadre. Therefore, Wang Ping did not leave North China from 1937 to 1953.
After 1958, he was transferred to Nanjing Military Academy as a political commissar, and he worked for 9 years, and he also experienced many ups and downs. By the seventies and eighties, he successively served in artillery, Wuhan Military Region, and general logistics.